tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post2555964674967633544..comments2017-12-13T18:39:10.724-05:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Eye Level, Part 1James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-72942618696088251552008-10-28T13:31:00.000-04:002008-10-28T13:31:00.000-04:00Paolo, good points, and I love the way you use rea...Paolo, good points, and I love the way you use really accurate and exciting perspective in your painted comics.<BR/><BR/>David, placing the EL on a figure drawing is a little less intuitive than a landscape. One way to establish the EL is to roughly place the overall figure shape first——top of head, bottom of feet, etc——and then sight down a horizontal pencil or mahl stick at the level of your eye, and it will point to the place on the figure where the EL intersects it. Draw the line at that point, and everything above that line is seen as an upshot.<BR/><BR/>Good points, thanks, Drew and Jeremy.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-43889949309042890892008-10-28T12:14:00.000-04:002008-10-28T12:14:00.000-04:00Yes, good to know but not always taught. My teach...Yes, good to know but not always taught. My teacher has not mentioned it one in a my figure drawing classes. I am going to start marking this in first and see how it affects my drawings. Thanks!Jeremy Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-34500157651421183012008-10-28T11:26:00.000-04:002008-10-28T11:26:00.000-04:00So when you begin a picture, do you consciously de...So when you begin a picture, do you consciously decide whether it's going to be upshot or downshot, and draw the EL accordingly? Do you ever have to change the position of your EL when your further along in your process, and find that all the elements of your picture disagrees with it?<BR/><BR/>If you're doing a life drawing, how do you find the EL, just by holding your pencil horizontally at arm's length?DavidStillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788583610600014354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-55518311317547031932008-10-28T11:02:00.000-04:002008-10-28T11:02:00.000-04:00This is one of those things that you would think g...This is one of those things that you would think get top priority in teaching, but sometimes gets overlooked or neglected because the teacher assumes the students are familiar with it. I was shocked at how even in my senior year at college, some of my peers still had a weak grasp on perspective and the concept of a horizon line/eye level.<BR/><BR/>Coincidentally, I was fooling around with this idea the other day in thumbnails, doing a bunch of tiny compositions and making sure the eye level was in a different spot or angle each time. Makes for some interesting practice.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18262476114387821096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-45517575999632822202008-10-28T10:07:00.000-04:002008-10-28T10:07:00.000-04:00If I had students (which I don't) this would be th...If I had students (which I don't) this would be the first thing I taught them. It's such an important concept for making believable compositions.<BR/><BR/>On a side note, I've always been bothered by ads, post-Photoshop, that are stitched together from photos with different eye-levels. It seems glaring to me, but I guess it's good enough to do the job.Paolo Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088106827920011644noreply@blogger.com